Los Angeles 2014: Volkswagen Golf R Wagon Debuts
November 18th, 2014 10:01 AM
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After teasing us with a “concept” at the New York Auto Show, Volkswagen is debuting a production of the Golf R wagon – but we may not get it in North America.
Mechanically, the Wagon is identical to the Golf R, retaining its 296 horsepower 2.0T 4-cylinder, Haldex AWD and DSG gearbox. While it is certainly a go for world markets, VW has said nothing about a North American on sale date. Perhaps they are gauging public reaction yet again before making a decision?
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While I'm at it I'll have a braunschweiger w onion on Dimpfilmeier rye please. Hold the mayo.
I've stopped caring whether or not VW brings their halo cars over here. Mainly because the first thing our Wolfsburg buddies do, when spec'ing a car like this for the U.S. market, is figure out just how aggressively (viciously, truth be told) they can de-content the thing and still sell it for $35K+ to the rubes. And of course it'll still be a fundamentally unreliable automobile because of the German maxim that their special products should receive oodles of dealer-supplied TLC. It's occurred to me, watching this play out over the years, that VW doesn't like Americans much. Maybe we should figure that out and stop buying their pretty little shitboxes.